EU countries block Canada's 'associate membership' plan
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wanted to give Canada a special status within the EU. But Germany and other member states have raised objections ahead of a summit in Montreal.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same associate-membership proposal and the pre-summit Montreal context as Report 1; it describes the plan being blocked by member states rather than dropped in a joint declaration,
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